Use Zapier to add students to a specific list in your email marketing solution based on the course they enroll in.
Overview
Zapier is a tool that allows you to connect applications without a built in integration together or expand the possibilities of your existing integrations!
You can learn more about how it works here: Integrate with Zapier
Zapier is great for segmenting new students into specific email lists based on courses they enroll in, so that you can later target your email campaigns!
Why use Zapier?
Your email marketing solution doesn't have a built-in Thinkific integration
We have quite a few email marketing integrations, which you can check out here:
If your email marketing solution is not listed above, then you can still add students to a specific email list based on the course they enroll in using Zapier!
Expand capability of a built-in Thinkific integration
Zapier also works great if you would like additional control for some of our more basic email marketing integrations. For example, the following Thinkific integrations allow you set a single email list that every new student will be added to when they sign up on your site:
This works great as you are getting started, but as your business grows, you might want to start segmenting students in your email marketing solution based on the course they enrolled in. You can use Zapier to achieve this!
Setting Up Your Zap
Here's a great example of how to set this up using MailChimp: Zapier: Subscribe a New Student to a Mailchimp List
Every email marketing solution will be slightly different, however the above Mailchimp example shows you the basic steps you'll need to set up your zap to segment your students. You'll need to use the New Full Enrollment or New Order Thinkific trigger.
Learn more about triggers here: Integrate with Zapier
As this is outside of Thinkific, we aren't able to provide specific instructions for every email marketing solution, however Zapier has excellent support if you need assistance! You can check out their help resources here: Zapier Help